Motor-vehicle.



J. W. HAMM.

MOTOR VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED 11.1, 1911.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

1,076,033, Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

w?! nesses J. W. HAMM.

MOTOR- VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED 11.1, 1911.

1,076,033. Patented 001121, 1913.

2 SHEETS SHEET 2.

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JGHN W} HAMM, 0F HIGGINSVILLE, MISSOURI.

MGTGR-VIEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patontotlfirt. 1,191

Application filad April 1, 1911. Serial No. 818,492.

To 11 LU/(Wh t? may mum/:1

l'o it known that 1. JOHN ll". ,liAU-H, a oiti'mn of the United Stutcs residing at. iilf".;i \'llit in the vomit of Lafayette State of Xlisgouri, hav' invented nrw tul lnun'orements in Motor-Vail)lies. oh the following is a 5;)... incntion.

invention relates to rchicius Pill IHUZQ part lax-i to a motorwehiclo oi a new and nm-Ql type.

An object of my intention is to produce motorwehicle in which a romparatirely heavy movable, l30ti V is oznrriotl. the position of which bocly while the vehicle is running aids the illfiienliltt of the vehicle and in fact nucos a large portion of the power which (kiwi; saitl \ftahiclo, this result 0 ing' ohtninotl the moroincnt of the (.(Bilt'ti ot gravity of Wiltl hotly heyontl the roi'timl diameter of the to on wheels of the vehiclewhereby szul wheels; are rotated.

Anothor ohjmt of my invention is to prolnce :1 motor-Winds which shall be safer SjHtECllLl' than those now in .180. and which because of its novel construction does: not 1 quire a, motor of such high horse power 0 china it as a motor-vehicle of the type now m use.

li ith tl View, any invention consists in such detail of cons motion and in the arrangement and comhinution of parts will he hereinafter more fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing" my invention in detail, refercnco will he had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the sow oral rirws, and in whiuh-- Figure l is a VlCW of my improved vehicle in sill: elevation. Fig: 2 is a longitudinal anntionnl riow oi the some. the scat anti (lIlV' hug our living shown in (lottod lines. Fig. n wrtiml section of my improved la. :1 pmsportivo VlOW of the .1 h pm-ting tloric and Fig. 5 n. (l soctic-nal view showing the method of ungnfgmhul'. between the driving our and traction, whoela of the vehiolo.

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designated b the numeral 1 in tho v whet-l5 or inountotl upon vhich oxtenrl outwardly tron: an i l bent supporting member 3 which g member Carries the body 01' pasforogoing and other objects in l g l l l st nger rnrr rti n my rohiizlo i.

This hotly i co-mwotml to the Hero i1." or

mowing nwmhur I} lilz'tiilg g l i' n tho forr-goil o whorls .l mu Pi;

V w inasnnmh as the the mt ot the Qoelfj.

lrlxtontling out in front of the hotly i are two ronrcrn'u zit-nu; which (run at their forward ends (I ozn-muctl bearing in which is mounted :1 shaft which in t it carries fork; 10 It it? lower curl, suitl forks being adapted to receive steering; arm 11 as shown.

Extending from the top of the shaft 9 and fixed thereto is a stoerin sg arm 11 said. arm terminating iin1n0t "t l V in front of tho drivel-1 seat in n handle 12 of suitable form. it willv of rourse be urnlerstootl that this steering inochnmfwn may be disposed tltlit, in front. of the vehicle its shown, or in War thereof :15 um); he tlCSlI'Qtl and any othrr menus than the arm 11 and luunile 12 may ho employotl to turn the wl'ionl l in the (lrsirml tlirot'tion.

The whtols l ouch proritlotl with an inwardly turned thing. l3 whirh torn: ltiitlif; upon which run wht-ols it. which are mounted upon the (lriring cz'uririgo is") snhl (triving carriage being: thus carried by Hilltl tracks in a position normally below tho passenger hotly t. motor i of any (lush-ml type iS (-ontninotl in the driving nu- :uul :on nootml to one or more of the axles; 17 upon which are (:UTlCLl the grooved whorls 14. Suitnblo inonns nurr' ho novitlozl whoroby said motor may be controllotl from the soot (S, no sut'h moons liming boon shown in tho drawings as thh; tot-ma no part of my pres- (nt invention.

Any suitable n'ionns may be provided to provent the mot r onrrizluo from tearing the tracks upon which it runs. In the tlrmvinfgs l .qhow one moans hv whi rh thin l'tf-n'tllt. may he amzornplielnwl. This nomnriszos rirvulnr guitles 18 which are (itl'l'lftl by the union 2, Hflltl guides running: in giroorml pulleys it) which an, curriotl h brawl '10 mounted upo tho motor rnrriugo l: l (lo no't- 1h siro to be lliillttitl to this rag'ocilio toiin of guiding inoam; it being illustrated \noroly' tor rotivtn'iioi'nio. .Kn v otl'u'rr suituhlo minute vrr-omplishing tho emmr lUF llt, may ho rauployotl.

It. will he soon that when the motor 16 i5 lit) started the wheels of the driving car 15 are revolved and said car starts forward i and tends to run around the large wheels 1. However the weight of said driving earl and the curve of the large wheels prevents i it from moving very far which of coursei results in the motion of the traction wheels 1 therehv moving the vehicle forward. Not l only 15 this the case, but as the small car vmoves end upward on the rims of. the large wheels gravity tends to pull. the car downward this also tending to revolve said trac 1 tion wheels. ,In view of this the driving car can be equipped with a motor of compara- 1K tively small horse power but the peculiar l construction would result in great speed heing attained by my improved vehicle. Means may also he provided whereby the l motion of the motor may be reversed, the driving car thus acting as a brake and tending to stop the vehicle or to reverse its movel l l l l ment.

The foregoing describes only the principlcs of my invention, and I make no claim as to details which may be later perfected or worked out as occasion desires and conditions warrant. In View of this I desire it to be understood that slight changes in the construction and in the arrangement and combination of the various parts may hei resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention provided such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thnsfnlly described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I A vehicle comprising an axle having a downwardly disposed offset central portion, traction, wheels mounted upon the ends of the shaft and having inwardly directed flanges, guide rings carried by the spokes of the wheel, a housing beneath the central portion of the axle and having a pair of spaced shafts extending transversely therethrough, wheels journaled on the ends of the shafts and engaged with the flanges of the traction Wheels, guide wheels carried by the housing and engaged with the outer faces of the rings, means for driving the pair of shafts, a seat mounted in the downwardly disposed oflset central portion of the axle, a front steering wheel, means projecting from the downwardly disposed portion of the axle for supporting the steering wheel and means for operating the steering wheel.

J OHN W. HAMM,

Witnesses:

R. H. BEN'roN, J. G. Hrssr. 

